Jesus Matters
Teaching Notes
77% of people said that they trust their employer - Edelman Trust Index
Jesus matters in our workplace.
“Jesus spoke constantly of financial practice, of management of both projects and people: payment, debt wages, investment, hiring and firing, relationships between managers and staff…”
- Jordan K. Monsoon, Adjunct Professor, University of Northwestern-St. Paul (Christianity Today, The StoneMason The Builders Rejected).
Jesus was a developing leader
After three days they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions… And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.
Luke 2:46, 52
2. Jesus asked great questions
When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to get well?”
John 5:6
Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him. “Teacher,” they said, “we want you to do for us whatever we ask.” “What do you want me to do for you?” he asked. They replied, “Let one of us sit at your right and the other at your left in your glory.” “You don’t know what you are asking,” Jesus said. “Can you drink the cup I drink or be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with?” “We can,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “You will drink the cup I drink and be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with, but to sit at my right or left is not for me to grant. These places belong to those for whom they have been prepared.” When the ten heard about this, they became indignant with James and John.
Mark 10:35-41
In your conversations, are you a pusher or a puller?
3. Jesus was always intentional and never accidental
Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed. Simon and his companions went to look for him, and when they found him, they exclaimed: “Everyone is looking for you!”
Jesus replied, “Let us go somewhere else—to the nearby villages—so I can preach there also. That is why I have come.”
Mark 1:35-38
What’s one way that you can grow more intentional in your life and work today?
4. Jesus trusted, hustled, and rested well.
Going Deeper Discussion
“Jesus spoke constantly of financial practice, of management of both projects and people: payment, debt wages, investment, hiring and firing, relationships between managers and staff…”
Jordan K. Monsoon, Adjunct Professor, University of Northwestern-St. Paul (Christianity Today, The StoneMason The Builders Rejected).
Jesus called them together and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be your slave—just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
Matthew 20:25-28
When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place. “Do you understand what I have done for you?” he asked them. “You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and rightly so, for that is what I am. Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you.
John 13:12-15
At your place of work (however you want to define that), who would you present the “Worker of the Week” award to? What is it about them that impresses and impacts you the most?
If you are in a leadership role of any kind, what kind of pressures do you feel?
How much have you thought about Jesus as a model and “influencer” for your job?
In your conversations, are you a pusher or a puller?
What’s one way that you can grow more intentional in your life and work today?
Sunday Set List
WFC Lenexa + WFC Anywhere
Child Of Love- We The Kingdom
All That I Needed- Mitch Langley
Peace Be still- Lauren Daigle
King of Kings- Hillsong
WFC Speedway
Promise Keeper- Hope Darst
Believe For It- Cece Winans
Great Things- Phil Wickham
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